Table 1. Patients Characteristics, Pain Score, and Meperidine Consumption^a.

	Group DP	Group DK	P Value
Age, y	29.3 ± 5.1	30.8 ± 3.1	0.6
Weight, kg	77.04 ± 1.6	76.9 ± 11.9	0.4
VAS
0 h	61.5± 12.5	59.4 ± 11.0	0.1
6 h	50.7 ± 8.6	33.6 ± 8.9	< 0.05
12 h	35.7 ± 11.6	22.0 ± 7.6	< 0.05
24 h	24.0 ± 9.0	15.8 ± 6.6	< 0.05
Meperidine consumption, mg	15.2 ± 0.5	12.5 ± 1.8	0.06

Abbreviations: DK, dexmedetomidine and ketorolac group; DP, dexmedetomidine and paracetamol group; NRS, numerical rating scale.

^aValues are expressed as mean ± SD.